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An exposition of Solomons book called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seen and allowedAn exposition of Salomons booke called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seene and allowed
An exposition of Solomons book called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seen and allowed.An exposition of Salomons booke called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seene and allowed.
London: printed by John Daye, 1573London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1573
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
He sought to find out pleasant words, and uprightly to write the word of trueth.
He sought to finde out pleasaunt wordes, and vprightly to write the worde of trueth.
That is, he laboured to profit men with wholesome and worthy words, or as Paul speaketh it, with words worthy of all acceptation, and he truly wrote the words of trueth. He did not wrap or fold them up in darkness, as these imitators do, who by reason they understood not things rightly, can not teach rightly. For Aristotle saith, it is a token that a man hath knowledge, that can ⟨image 189⟩teach well. And Demosthenes being demanded how a man should teach well, answered, if he spake nothing, but that he knew and understood well. For he that hath good understanding, is able well to teach. And this is a commendation of the author, as if he should say: he taught very well and plainly, in so much that by his book, a man may understand, what to think, what to take in hand, what to do, or to leave undone.
THat is, he laboured to profit mē with holesome and worthy wordes, or as Paule speaketh it, with wordes worthy of all acceptation, and he truly wrote the wordes of trueth. He did not wrappe or folde them vp in darknes, as these imitators doe, who by reason they vnderstoode not thinges rightly, can not teach rightly. For Aristotle sayth, it is a tokē that a man hath knowledge, that can ⟨image 189⟩teach well. And Demosthenes being demaunded how a man should teach well, aunswered, if he spake nothing, but that he knew and vnderstoode well. For he that hath good vnderstāding, is able well to teach. And this is a commendation of the author, as if he should say: he taught very well and plainely, in so much that by his booke, a man may vnderstand, what to thinke, what to take in hand, what to doe, or to leaue vndone.